arun

See also: Arun and a-rūn

Itsekiri

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ejú

irọn-ejú

ukpárun

imọ́

arun

èghemẹ

etín

ùtọ̀gwá

ùgùnrọ̀n

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Etymology

Cognate with Yoruba ẹnu, Olukumi ẹrun, Owé Yoruba arun, Èkìtì Yoruba ẹrụn, Oǹdó Yoruba ẹun, and Igbo ọ́nú, proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ɛ́-lʊ̃.

See Standard Yorùbá entry ẹnu for other terms used in the Yoruboid linguistic continuum.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ā.ɾũ̄/

Noun

arun

mouth

Derived terms

ukpárun (“lips”)

Old English

Alternative forms

earun, earon

Verb

arun

Northumbrian form of earon

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /à.ɾũ̀/

Noun

àrùn

disease, illness
Synonyms: àìsàn, àmódi

àrùn l'à á wò, a kì í wo ikú ― it a disease we cure, we do not cure death
defect, inadequacy, problem

Derived terms

aṣokùnfà-àrùn (“pathogen”)
ẹ̀kọ́ àrùn-ara (“pathology”)
ọ̀lẹ́dàrùn (“lazy person”)
àjàkálẹ̀ àrùn (“epidemic, pandemic”)
àrùn abẹ́gẹ̀ẹ́jà (“bacterial blight of cassava”)
àrùn abàwọ̀jẹ́-sọnidiwèrè (“pellagra”)
àrùn abò-ìgàyà (“pleurisy”)
àrùn agbọ̀nà-ọ̀fun (“diphtheria”)
àrùn amúṣurà (“yam tuber rot”)
àrùn apèdèrẹ́ (“aphasia”)
àrùn awọ-ara (“dematitis”)
àrùn awú (“Cacao swollen shoot virus”)
àrùn ẹ̀jẹ̀ (“hepatitis”)
àrùn ẹ̀yi (“measles”)
àrùn ibà (“malaria”)
àrùn ilẹ̀-olóoru (“tropical disease”)
àrùn jẹjẹrẹ (“cancer”)
àrùn jẹnujẹsẹ̀ (“Foot-and-mouth disease”)
àrùn jẹ̀dọ̀jẹ̀dọ̀ (“tuberculosis”)
àrùn jàkùtẹ̀ (“elephantiasis”)
àrùn kẹ́yùn-ún (“foot rot”)
àrùn kányàn-án (“foot rot, infectious pododermatitis”)
àrùn kòkòrò inú-afẹ́fẹ́ (“bacterial disease”)
àrùn kòrìkòrì (“black pod disease”)
àrùn máasùn-máasùn (“sleeping sickness”)
àrùn okó-kíkú (“erectile dysfunction”)
àrùn onígbáméjì (“cholera”)
àrùn rẹwé-rẹwé (“stalk rot”)
àrùn rọ́wọrọsẹ̀ (“polio, stroke”)
àrùn sun-unrun-sun-unrun (“sleeping sickness”)
àrùn sífílì (“syphillis”)
àrùn yírùn-yírùn (“meningitis”)
àrùn àbèǹtè (“disease”)
àrùn àbímọ́ (“congenital”)
àrùn àbínibí (“congenital disease”)
àrùn àmọ́ (“pancreatitis”)
àrùn àpò-ọkàn (“pericarditis”)
àrùn ìbẹ̀rù-àjèjì (“xenophobia”)
àrùn ìdílé (“genetic disorder”)
àrùn-ẹ̀gbin-omi (“waterborne disease”)
àrùn-ẹ̀jẹ̀-ríru (“hypertension”)
àrùn-ẹ̀tẹ̀ (“leprosy”)
àrùn-ipá (“tetanus”)
àrùn-iwe (“Chronic kidney disease”)
àrùn-oníkòkòrò-àìrí (“viral disease”)
àrùn-ọkàn (“heart disease”)
àrùn-ọpọlọ (“mental disease”)
àrùn-ọpọlọ ada-èrò-òun-ìṣe-rú (“schizophrenia”)
àrùn-àtọ̀gbẹ (“diabetes”)
àrùn-àtọ̀sí (“gonorrhea”)
àrùn-ètè (“lipomatosis”)
àrùn-ìgbàgbé (“amnesia”)
àrùn-ìtìsíwájú nípa ìkákò (“peristalsis”)

References

Awoyale, Yiwola (19 December 2008), Global Yoruba Lexical Database v. 1.0‎^[1], number LDC2008L03, Philadelphia: Linguistic Data Consortium, →DOI, →ISBN

Etymology 2

**Yoruba numbers ^(edit)**
	50
← 4	5	6 →
Cardinal: àrún Counting: aárùn-ún Adjectival: márùn-ún Ordinal: karùn-ún Adverbial: ẹ̀ẹ̀marùn-ún Distributive: márùn-ún márùn-ún Collective: márààrùn-ún Fractional: ìdámárùn-ún

Likely from Proto-Yoruboid *ɛ̀-lʊ́, cognate with Igala ẹ̀lú, Olukumi ẹ̀rú, Westerman proposes a reconstruction to Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-nu- (“five, hand”)

Alternative forms

ẹ̀rụ́n (Ekiti)
ẹ̀rùn (Owe)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /à.ɾṹ/

Numeral

àrún

five

Etymology 3

Cognate with Olukumi ẹrun and Igbo ọ́nú, proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ɛ́-lʊ̃

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ā.ɾũ̄/

Noun

arun

(Owe, Ào) mouth

Synonyms

Yoruba varieties and languages: ẹnu (“mouth”)
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Language family	Variety group	Variety/language	Subdialect	Location	Words
Proto-Itsekiri-SEY	Southeast Yoruba	Ào		Ìdóàní	arun
		Eastern Àkókó	Ìkàrẹ́	Ìkàrẹ́ Àkókó (Ùkàrẹ́)	ẹrun
			Àkùngbá	Àkùngbá Àkókó	ẹrun
			Ọ̀bà	Ọ̀bà Àkókó	ẹrun, aun
		Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè)		Ìdànrè (Ùdànè, Ùdànrè)	ẹun
		Ìjẹ̀bú	Ìjẹ̀bú	Ìjẹ̀bú Òde	ẹrun
			Rẹ́mọ	Ẹ̀pẹ́	ẹrun
				Ìkòròdú	ẹrun
				Ṣágámù	ẹrun
		Ìkálẹ̀ (Ùkálẹ̀)		Òkìtìpupa	ẹrun
		Ìlàjẹ (Ùlàjẹ)		Mahin	ẹrun, arun
		Oǹdó		Oǹdó	ẹun
		Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀)		Ọ̀wọ̀ (Ọ̀ghọ̀)	ẹrun
		Usẹn		Usẹn	ẹrun
	Ìtsẹkírì			Ìwẹrẹ	arun
	Olùkùmi			Ugbódù	ẹrun
Proto-Yoruba	Central Yoruba	Èkìtì	Èkìtì	Àdó Èkìtì	ẹrụn
			Èkìtì	Ìfàkì Èkìtì	ẹrụn
			Àkúrẹ́	Àkúrẹ́	ẹrụn
			Mọ̀bà	Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì	ẹrụn
		Western Àkókó		Ọ̀gbàgì Àkókó	arun
	Northwest Yoruba	Àwórì		Èbúté Mẹ́tà	ẹnu, ẹru
		Ẹ̀gbá		Abẹ́òkúta	ẹrun
		Ẹ̀gbádò		Ìjàká	ẹnu
		Èkó		Èkó	ẹnu
		Ìbàdàn		Ìbàdàn	ẹnu
		Ìbọ̀lọ́		Òṣogbo (Òsogbo)	ẹnu
		Ìgbómìnà		Ìfẹ́lódùn LGA	arun
				Ìrẹ́pọ̀dùn LGA	ẹnu
				Ìsin LGA	ẹnu
		Ìlọrin		Ìlọrin	ẹnu
		Oǹkó		Òtù	ẹnu
				Ìwéré Ilé	ẹnu
				Òkèhò	ẹnu
				Ìsẹ́yìn	ẹnu
				Ṣakí	ẹnu
				Tedé	ẹnu
				Ìgbẹ́tì	ẹnu
		Ọ̀yọ́		Ọ̀yọ́	ẹnu
		Standard Yorùbá		Nàìjíríà	ẹnu
		Standard Yorùbá		Bɛ̀nɛ̀	ɛnu
	Northeast Yoruba/Okun	Owé		Kabba	arun
	Ede languages/Southwest Yoruba	Ana		Sokode	anu
		Cábɛ̀ɛ́		Cábɛ̀ɛ́ (Ìdàdú)	anu
		Cábɛ̀ɛ́		Tchaourou	anu
		Ǹcà (Ìcà, Ìncà)		Baàtɛ	anu
		Ìdàácà	Benin	Igbó Ìdàácà (Dasa Zunmɛ̀)	ɔrun
		Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè	Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/Ìjè	Ìkpòbɛ́	ɛnu
			Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/Ìjè	Onigbolo	ɛnu
			Kétu/Ànàgó	Kétu	ɛnu
		Ifɛ̀		Akpáré	arũ
				Atakpamɛ	arũ
				Boko	ɔrũ
				Moretan	arũ
				Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti)	arũ
		Kura		Awotébi	ánɔ́
		Kura		Partago	anɔ
		Mɔ̄kɔ́lé		Kandi	ɡɛ́lé
		Northern Nago		Kambole	anu
		Northern Nago		Manigri	anu
		Southern Nago		Ìsakété	ɛnu
		Southern Nago		Ìfànyìn	ɛnu
	Overseas Yoruba	Lucumí		Havana	enu
Note: This amalgamation of terms comes from a number of different academic papers focused on the unique varieties and languages spoken in the Yoruboid dialectal continuum which extends from eastern Togo to southern Nigeria. The terms for spoken varieties, now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria (i.e. Southeast Yorùbá, Northwest Yorùbá, Central Yorùbá, and Northeast Yorùbá), have converged with those of Standard Yorùbá leading to the creation of what can be labeled Common Yorùbá (Funṣọ Akere, 1977). It can be assumed that the Standard Yorùbá term can also be used in most Nigerian varieties alongside native terms, especially amongst younger speakers. This does not apply to the other Nigerian Yoruboid languages of Ìṣẹkírì and Olùkùmi, nor the Èdè Languages of Benin and Togo.